The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod offers summer camp registration

Sunday

Mar 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM

The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod will offer registration for its field-trip-based summer day camp beginning Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at its 31 Frank E. Hicks Drive location off of Route 151 behind the Mashpee police and fire stations.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod will offer registration for its field-trip-based summer day camp beginning Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at its 31 Frank E. Hicks Drive location off of Route 151 behind the Mashpee police and fire stations.

The public is invited to attend the open house, meet the head counselors, learn more, and register their children.

The Boys & Girls Club Summer Day Camp is open to all children ages 6-15 who live on, or visit, Cape Cod. The camp runs for nine weeks beginning Wednesday, June 25 (due to snow days) and ending August 22. Camp hours are 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. daily. Children are welcome any time after 8:30 a.m. and must be picked up no later than 5:15 p.m. Early drop-off at 7:15 a.m. and late pick-up until 6:15 p.m. are available for an additional fee.

Tuition for camp is $160 per week for the first child and $145 for the second child or more, with a $10 registration fee for members and $35 registration fee for non- members that includes a camp T-shirt. However, due to snow days that extend into the first week of camp, the week of June 23 will begin on Wednesday and have a special reduced rate of $95 per child.

Groups are limited to a maximum of 40 children each week and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment plans and scholarship funds are available with documentation of need. Registration will be ongoing until the camp is full.

The day camp is organized around two or three field trips a week for every child. There is no extra cost for any of the field trips except for one for the Sharks and Stingrays. Forms and information about the summer day camp and financial aid guidelines are available online at www.BoysGirlsClubCapeCod.org .

Space in each unit is limited and the camp fills up fast. “Financial aid is available with documented need. Parents need to get their forms in by May 16 at the very latest, but the funds are given out on a first-come, first-served basis until we run out,” said Ruth Provost, the club’s executive director. “If a parent thinks that they may need financial aid this year, they should apply immediately.”

The full-time professional staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod directs the summer day camp and all counselors are professionally trained and certified in compliance with the regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Health and licensed by the Mashpee Board of Health. Space is limited in each age group to maintain desirable staff-to-camper ratios. A Red Cross-certified lifeguard accompanies the children whenever they are at a beach.

Parents registering children should come prepared to fill out registration forms, including emergency contact names and numbers, and bring an acceptable method of payment (check, Amex, MasterCard or Visa). They also need to fill out health forms and provide any accompanying documentation or additional information if a child has specific medical needs or conditions. Immunization records and proof of a recent physical, both of which are available through the child’s pediatrician, are needed. Medical information can be faxed directly from a doctor’s office to the club.

For more information, call 508-477-8845 or visit the web site at www.BoysGirlsClubCapeCod.org.